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Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (SWSA)

Length 2 days
Version 3.1

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course shows you how to implement, use, and maintain Cisco® Web Security Appliance (WSA), powered by Cisco Talos, to provide advanced protection for business email and control against web security threats.

Through a combination of expert instruction and hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to deploy proxy services, use authentication, implement policies to control HTTPS traffic and access, implement use control settings and policies, use the solution’s anti-malware features, implement data security and data loss prevention, perform administration of Cisco WSA solution, and more.

This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (300-725 SWSA), which leads to CCNP Security and the Cisco Certified Specialist – Web Content Security.

This course also earns you 16 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

Aligns to certification

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security

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What you’ll learn

After you complete this course you should be able to:

Describe Cisco WSA
Deploy proxy services
Utilise authentication
Describe decryption policies to control HTTPS traffic
Understand differentiated traffic access policies and identification profiles
Enforce acceptable use control settings
Defend against malware
Describe data security and data loss prevention
Perform administration and troubleshooting

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Who is the course for?

Security architects
System designers
Network administrators
Operations engineers
Network managers, network or security technicians, and security engineers and managers responsible for web security
Cisco integrators and partners

Course subjects

Describing Cisco WSA
Deploying Proxy Services
Utilising Authentication
Creating Decryption Policies to Control HTTPS Traffic
Understanding Differentiated Traffic Access Policies and Identification Profiles
Defending Against Malware
Enforcing Acceptable Use Control Settings
Data Security and Data Loss Prevention
Performing Administration and Troubleshooting
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Lab outline

Configure the Cisco Web Security Appliance
Deploy Proxy Services
Configure Proxy Authentication
Configure HTTPS Inspection
Create and Enforce a Time/Date-Based Acceptable Use Policy
Configure Advanced Malware Protection
Configure Referrer Header Exceptions
Utilise Third-Party Security Feeds and MS Office 365 External Feed
Validate an Intermediate Certificate
View Reporting Services and Web Tracking
Perform Centralised Cisco AsyncOS Software Upgrade Using Cisco SMA

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have knowledge of these topics:

TCP/IP services, including Domain Name System (DNS), Secure Shell (SSH), FTP, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and HTTPS
IP routing

You are expected to have one or more of the following basic technical competencies or equivalent knowledge:

Cisco certification (CCNA or higher)
Relevant industry certification such as (ISC)², CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or ISACA
Windows expertise: Microsoft, CompTIA (A+, Network+, Server+)

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Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.